MDIA 2330 - Media Sexual:Digital Media, Sexuality & Censorship

Digital media has significantly changed the ways in which we think about sex, sexuality, censorship, bodies and identity. This course introduces students to a range of issues relating to sexuality and digital media. By examining the ways in which digital, interactive media represents, constitutes and circulates ideas of sex and sexuality, students will gain a strong, working knowledge of the ways in which digital media is changing ideas related to sex and sexuality, including minority sexual identities, youth sexuality, depictions of sexual material, pornography and censorship.

Some topics covered in the course include: the changing representation of minority sexualities within the growth of digital, online media; the impact of online pornography distribution on perceptions of bodies, advertising, legislation and censorship; issues related to youth access to online sexual material; the persistence of stereotypes related to sexuality and methods for combating them; the use of online and mobile technologies in sexual behaviour and sexual material sharing (texting/sexting).